Latin American leaders ask, “Has Venezuela’s opposition lost its voice?”

When I sat down with Chilean President Sebastián Piñera last weekend, he talked extensively about the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela, and expressed frustration over the paralysis of Venezuela’s democratic opposition. He’ s not alone. Piñera was talking only on behalf of Chile, but I have heard the same complaint in recent interviews with several other Latin American presidents. They say that while stronger international diplomatic pressures against Venezuela’s dictatorship are necessary, they will not be effective unless accompanied by street protests and an increasingly united and vocal democratic opposition. More…